VERTIGO RELIEF WITH VESTIBULAR FIRST GOGGLES BY HELENA ESMONDE, PT, DPT, NCS
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Vertigo describes the sensation of either the patient or the room spinning. It may be associated with intense nausea and vomiting. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common form of vertigo. Females are 3 times more likely to get BPPV than males, and scientists think that hormones may be the culprit. Dehydration may also result in the crystals
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dislodging off the membrane within the utricle. If the person’s head is then positioned forwards (e.g. looking down under a car seat) or backward (e.g. in a dentist’s chair) or sideways (e.g. sleeping on the side of the loosened crystals), it is possible that the crystals can move into the canals (then called canalathiasis) or they can get stuck on the cupula (then called a cupulothiasis). This sequence of events then results in BPPV.
BPPV is treated with various canalith repositioning maneuvers (e.g. Sermont, Epley, BBQ maneuvers) to clear debris that causes inflammation within the semicircular canals of the inner ear. Labyrinthitis, vestibular neuronitis, or a vestibular weakness are treated differently than BPPV. Specific vestibular exercises would then be used. They involve head
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